*Updated* Fresh Water tank fell off while driving

I've seen lot's of water and holding tanks attached only by the tank flange and a row of wood screws driven into the bottom of the plywood flooring. I imagine the wood screws around 3/4 inch since any longer a they'd come up thru the floor. Not a very good mounting method.

After reading this post I think I will check my water tank. It's over a 100 gallon tank.

I had the same thing happen on our 2nd trip in our Eldridge by Heartland. Took it to the dealer once i got home, it broke the tank. The dealer stated that the manufacturer never put support straps under the tank during installation.

Two years later get flagged down on the road that i am losing water. parking lot inspection revealed that the straps installed by the dealer had vibrated out and tank fell again, ripping apart the underbelly insulation. Camper is now 3 1/2 years old no one is willing to stand behind their product or their work.

Got tank back in with a floor jack and blocks of wood, duct taped the underbelly to get home.

Gonna figure this out and fix it right myself.

My black tank fell out of my fifth wheel, while it was pretty full, just sitting in the campground, so Yah that was fun to crawl under there.

Kind of makes me happy I have a steel tank mounted on the floor.
Not a good thing to hear about all the problems of hanging a tank underneath, though.:(

soren wrote:
When Fleetwood stock dropped to $.08 and they failed, I just smiled. Couldn't of happened to a nicer, more competent, decent, well run company, said no one, ever.

Well at least you're not bitter. :W :p

I had it happen to the fresh water tank on a mid-2000s Fleetwood Wilderness. It ended up riding on the axles, so it never actually fell completely off. It came with a sad attempt to support the bottom of the tank with some light gauge 1" angle steel. Unfortunately, the assembly monkeys ran out of the correct bolts and nuts to connect the angle to the mounts, and thought that 1/4" bolts would be fine. Turns out that they were wrong. They then supply the dealer with a replacement tank that's slightly thicker than ziploc bag. This piece of trash ends up ballooning to comical proportions when filled, and blew the spun welded supply fitting right off the top. The shop monkey at the dealer decides to repair this by using a full tube of silicone to build a huge mound around the broken fitting. This fails, and I have to let the monkey in on a highly secret piece of insider knowledge, that being, Silicone really doesn't stick to most plastics. Tank number three did the trick, and magically stayed in place for a few more years. When Fleetwood stock dropped to $.08 and they failed, I just smiled. Couldn't of happened to a nicer, more competent, decent, well run company, said no one, ever.

We bought at auction a repoed 2006 keystone Zeppelin 2 291bhs

Flipped it for $2k profit. What a piece of garbage, bolted together BAL frame, all tanks suspended by ears, fw tank dangling with ears over the axles.

I'm not sure which is better. Water tank on a foam floor or dangling underneath with ears on angle iron.

My Coachmen when they were still just Coachmen had a fresh water tank issue also. Luckily I found it while running some wire back to the rear for a back up light.
The tank was just hanging by the hose running to the pump and one corner hung up on a brace.. No idea how long it had been like that as we rarely used tank water. It looked as if they didn't have the right tank when this particular trailer came down the line so they just stuck another one in there and it was only held up by a piece of particle board. Ever seen wet particle board under a load? I fixed some angle iron under the tank and went on. The trailer was over a year old before I discovered the problem.